Scott J Varda
Biographic Data
| ID | 5594904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott J Varda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott J |
| FAMILY NAME | Varda |
| SIGNATURE | VARDA S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1779-8405 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Networked conspiracism and autocracy in project 2025
In 2023, the Heritage Foundation published the ninth iteration of the Mandate series, Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise, also known as Project 2025. This book and associated initiatives are a call for what Kevin D. Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, calls “the second American Revolution.” While policy analysts suggest that the governmental and cultural ramifications of Project 2025 would be catastrophic if achieved…
It Follows and Rape Culture
In 2014, the independent horror film It Follows debuted, garnering rave reviews from those who deemed the film subversive. In our view, this subversive potential could be generated from the ways the film explicitly references and counters rape culture. Yet so many critical responses to this film fail to even acknowledge that It Follows portrays or addresses sexual violence. We argue that while the film offers ample opportunity for the audience to…
Yarn Bombing and the Aesthetics of Exceptionalism
This essay analyzes the international discourses and practices of yarn bombing—affixing knitted and crocheted works on public objects. Yarn bombing has recently become a nearly universally celebrated form of street art. The authors argue that acclaim for yarn bombing fashions an aesthetic regime that situates guerrilla needlework as an exceptional contribution to the urban landscape, while simultaneously policing alternate expressions of public a…
Yarn Bombing and the Aesthetics of Exceptionalism
This essay analyzes the international discourses and practices of yarn bombing—affixing knitted and crocheted works on public objects. Yarn bombing has recently become a nearly universally celebrated form of street art. The authors argue that acclaim for yarn bombing fashions an aesthetic regime that situates guerrilla needlework as an exceptional contribution to the urban landscape, while simultaneously policing alternate expressions of public a…
It Follows and Rape Culture
In 2014, the independent horror film It Follows debuted, garnering rave reviews from those who deemed the film subversive. In our view, this subversive potential could be generated from the ways the film explicitly references and counters rape culture. Yet so many critical responses to this film fail to even acknowledge that It Follows portrays or addresses sexual violence. We argue that while the film offers ample opportunity for the audience to…
Yarn Bombing and the Aesthetics of Exceptionalism
This essay analyzes the international discourses and practices of yarn bombing—affixing knitted and crocheted works on public objects. Yarn bombing has recently become a nearly universally celebrated form of street art. The authors argue that acclaim for yarn bombing fashions an aesthetic regime that situates guerrilla needlework as an exceptional contribution to the urban landscape, while simultaneously policing alternate expressions of public a…
It Follows and Rape Culture
In 2014, the independent horror film It Follows debuted, garnering rave reviews from those who deemed the film subversive. In our view, this subversive potential could be generated from the ways the film explicitly references and counters rape culture. Yet so many critical responses to this film fail to even acknowledge that It Follows portrays or addresses sexual violence. We argue that while the film offers ample opportunity for the audience to…
Networked conspiracism and autocracy in project 2025
In 2023, the Heritage Foundation published the ninth iteration of the Mandate series, Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise, also known as Project 2025. This book and associated initiatives are a call for what Kevin D. Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, calls “the second American Revolution.” While policy analysts suggest that the governmental and cultural ramifications of Project 2025 would be catastrophic if achieved…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Autocracy (1 works) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)